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Paper 1
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Title: Paper 1 - Explorations in Creative Reading and Writing
Time: 1 hour 45 minutes
Marks: 80 total
Reading: 40 marks
Writing: 40 marks
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<strong>Section A: Reading (40 marks)</strong>
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You get one fiction extract (usually 19th–21st century).
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<strong>Q1 (4 marks) – Retrieval (AO1)</strong><br>
“List four things about…”<br>
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<strong>Q2 (8 marks) – Language analysis (AO2)</strong><br>
How does the writer use language to…?<br>
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<strong>Q3 (8 marks) – Structure analysis (AO2)</strong><br>
How has the writer structured the text to interest you?<br>
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<strong>Q4 (20 marks) – Evaluation (AO4)</strong><br>
“To what extent do you agree…?”<br>
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<strong>Section B: Writing (40 marks)</strong>
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<strong>Q5 (40 marks) – Creative writing (AO5 + AO6)</strong><br>
Usually either:
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<li>A descriptive task (e.g. describe an image/setting), OR</li>
<li>A story opening/whole story</li>
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